Deliveries of the all-electric Tesla Cybertruck are currently expected to begin November 30th, per Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk addressed the delivery timeline for the Tesla Cybertruck during a recent earnings call, providing details on the EV maker’s production ramp-up for the new all-electric pickup. Musk indicated that it would take 12 to 18 months before the Tesla Cybertruck was “a significant positive cash-flow contributor.”
Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in November of the 2019 calendar year, and initially announced that production was expected to begin in late 2021. Tesla began accepting $100 deposits from individual customers following the model’s debut, and it’s reported that Tesla has accumulated than a million hand-raisers so far. However, Tesla has repeatedly pushed back the production timeframe for Cybertruck, with the first unit finally rolling off the production line in Texas this past July. The Cybertruck is expected to compete with the Chevy Silverado EV, Ford F-150 Lightning, and Rivian R1T in the burgeoning all-electric pickup segment.
During the recent earnings call, Musk was careful to temper expectations for Cybertruck, stating that production ramp-up would prove to be a hefty challenge.
“We dug our own grave with Cybertruck,” Musk said during the call, per a report from Reuters. Tesla has said that it aims to produce 125,000 units of the Cybertruck annually, with plans to increase that figure to 250,000 units annually by 2025.
When the Tesla Cybertruck was initially announced in 2019, the automaker stated that pricing was expected to start under $40,000. However, Musk later confirmed that specs and pricing for the all-electric pickup would differ from what was initially announced in 2019. Tesla previously indicated that a single motor, RWD Cybertruck would be priced at $39,900 while a dual-motor, AWD version would be $49,900, with the range-topping tri-motor version priced at $69,900.
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Reservation holders still don’t entirely know what they’re getting.
Who would want such an ugly truck…..I just don’t get it! I have been a truck owner for years and I see no redeeming qualities in this thing that would make we want it even if it was free.
Gonna be wild seeing the CT in person, finally. I predict it’ll be pricey at first then drop in price in a couple years and will ultimately hurt legacy auto truck manufactures bigly.
WARNING: If you are driving on the roads and you encounter this thing I strongly suggest you look away.
HAZARDOUS: May cause temporary blindness.
DANGER: If you encounter an owner/ passenger in a parking lot it is advised to run for your life as the person is probably nuts.
Right as rain
Beyond ugly
This vehicle is for all the fanboys. can’t imagine a rational person buying it or being seen in one
@gary
I know of three reservation holders who have been making fun of Tesla as toy cars for five years now.
Two of the three ordered day one and the third about a year ago.
The Cybertruck is a love it (which many do) or dislike it (which many do)
Tesla will not be able to make these fast enough as I predicted from day one three years ago.
There is also one more person who reserved day one but he isn’t sure he will go through with the order as he wanted it for his business. He snow plows as part of the services he provides along with lawn care but he saw that Ford made the Lightning in such a way that you cannot mount a plow .
So if the Cybertruck will allow Plows to be attached he has Pre-ordered five of them and he would love to get them all as soon as possible.
Then there are three more that have never owned a pickup and yes are Tesla fanboys who ordered Day one as well.
Basically these will sell like hotcakes and the only limiting factor will be that Tesla cannot make more than say 250K a year.
Just another example of Legacy not taking Tesla serious yet again.
I have to say Tesla’s are not attractive vehicles, however this thing is beyond the normal ugly of a Tesla. As a truck owner and buyer of many brands, I see no value in this thing as a truck. Set aside I would be embarrassed to be seen in it on a job site. I doubt real truck buyers will want this thing….I do see a few foolish non truck buyers wasting their money on this thing. I find it hard to believe that their could be 250k fools that would spend money on this thing.
@Paul
I get that it might not be for you but it is for many people.
Tesla will sell as many as they can produce.
Would make a cool casket for that grave
Can’t wait for the quality issues that will be posted . Elon shot him self in the foot with this thing , just saying . This is one ugly design since it’s inception in 2019 .
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SS skin may be good but look what happened to Delorean ? How can it compete with the big three as a functional PU? 2 doors? Is it one big tonneau cover with a latch?
Elon is experiencing the same issues gm is facing now with its Ultium battery powered cars and trucks. Grand promises, with the reality being, delay after delay after delay. And let’s not forget the sky high prices increases before the first units are produced.
It’s late, over budget, outrgeous and will probably struggle…but I’ve still got to give them points. It reminds me of the audaciousness that GM was maybe capable of in its prime.
Except GM made pretty cars back then…..
They tried it with the Aztec and Dustbuster brands. Actually pretty reliable vehicles if you could get past the odd styling.
250K Full size Trucks is gonna be a problem for mostly Toyota but a little bit for the Big Three as well.
Nissan already bowed out
Hitting a target of 250K full size trucks – especially by 2025 – is gonna be a problem for mostly Tesla.
Remember that Elon also claimed they would be producing 100k semi trucks a year by 2022. Instead they delivered 2 pilot units that year, and have produced a total of 70 (not 70,000; just 70) so far.
@Matthew William Berg
When the Nevada facility is up and running that is the goal. The should place Tesla at number two behind Freightliner I believe.
We shall see
VIN decoder details have revealed the Trucks GVWR and configurations:
Dual Motor: 3,629 kg to 4,082 kg (8,001-9,000 lbs.)
Tri-Motor: 4,082 kg to 4,536 kg (9,001-10,000 lbs.)
Based on GVWR and max payload specs (3,500 lbs) provided in 2019, one can readily estimate the curb weight to be 5,500 lbs for the dual motor and 6,500 for the triple motor with the larger battery pack. These trucks are very light relative to a HUMMER EV / Silverado EV weighing in at 9000 lbs or even the Taco sized Rivian weighing just over 7000 lbs. For reference an F-250 curb weight ranges from 5,697 to 7,660 lbs. Therefore, the dual motor likely has a ~100kWh (vs 212kWh for HUMMER EV) battery pack and mid 300 mile range while the tri-motor will have a slightly larger battery and ~400 mile range. I’m guessing $69,420 for the dual motor.
The average vehicle takes 20 gallons of gas weighing about 120lbs plus a few more for the gas tank. EV batteries are well over 1000 lbs. This definitely affects rating for trucks since this is sprung weight. Not sure how the motors are mounted, but anything below the springs are unsprung weight but adds to the work the motors must pull.
From hertz dot com web site:
Current electric car batteries have an average weight of around 1,000 lbs, but they will vary depending on the vehicle – some have much heavier batteries while smaller vehicles may have lighter ones. For example, Tesla is one of the top EVs on the market, holding 66% of the market share. Their batteries can take you over 370 miles on a single charge, so it should come as no surprise that a Tesla battery is estimated to weigh up to a staggering 1,836 lbs. By comparison, the smaller vehicles can have batteries weighing well under 1000 lbs – over half the weight of a Tesla battery.
A Model Y LR weighs 4555 lbs with a 78 kWh (1700 lb) battery while the similar sized Cadillac Lyriq weighs 5915 lbs with a 102 kWh battery, and yet the Model Y gets better range. GM’s approach is to simply add more (expensive) battery capacity to get almost as much range rather than engineer lighter more efficient BEVs. Simple physics.
* the 9.7″ (5.19%) longer, 11.3″ (14.95%) wider Cadillac Lyriq
At these levels they will be barred from crossing a lot of bridges in US, and parking garages.
gary, GVWR is the maximum weight a vehicle can weigh when it has passengers and max payload (not counting a trailer), the curb weight is what an empty vehicle weighs – this truck is way lighter than the Silverado EV or even the smaller Rivian R1T – it weighs about as much as your average F-250.
@mvb
Exactly correct.
Legacy and some startups need to figure out how Tesla gets their vehicles to weigh close to their ICE counterparts (Look at a Model 3 vs like a BMW # Series) and figure out how to take weight off of their vehicles.
Cybertruck is stainless steel and it is looking like it will weigh much less than the Silverado EV.
They did it by using the cheapest and flimsiest materials possible and taking shortcuts like the glued-on tablet instead of traditional controls.
and yet the Model Y has superior crash safety rating than the similar sized, 1600 lb heavier Cadillac Lyriq that gets less range with a much bigger battery pack. GM needs to up their BEV engineering game to reduce weight, simply cramming in a larger battery pack to compensate has diminishing returns and isn’t cost effective leading to further losses per unit sold, especially when selling ~50 per day.
@mvb
Exactly.
I feel like most consumers are clueless when it comes to Tesla and that might save Legacy Brands.
If “ugly” digs graves, this grave will be deep.
What a piece of crap! Ugly as sin. Only a fool would buy one.
Wonder what the REAL price tag is gonna look like for these things. They aint fooling nobody with no $39,900…..
I’m guessing $69,420 for the dual motor
@mvb
HaHa
That would be such an Elon starting price tag Lol
That’s expensive DLC for Roblox.
A fool and their money… this truck looks like a 3rd grader sketched it.
Toyota Tacoma is the way to go.
^^^^Brainless sheep^^^^ a taco with no meat.
Meant dustbuster “vans” not “brands”
Cybertrucks 100 cu. ft. cargo bed makes it a Class 2 truck while the F-150, Silverado/Sierra, Ram-1500, Tundra, Titan with 55 cu. ft. cargo bed makes them a Class 1.
Besides the provision to close the vault with the sliding doors to provide a safe transport morphs it to a van.
If its GVWR is 10,000 lb (3 motor), then excluding persons/cargo, it will be just 6,500 which should make it run faster with higher fuel efficiency.
However production will be difficult and only 30-40 will be delivered on Nov-30. In Dec, hardly 100-200 units could be delivered. Even in 2024 if they hit 100,000 run rate by year end, the total production for the year may be 30,000 units. So there is no competition to others.
It will be Rivian R1T vs Ford Lightning who will compete and grab some share from gas trucks.
But in 2025, it will be a different game.
spot on – most GM fanboys dismiss this truck, but I guarantee that GM doesn’t underestimate Tesla anymore – hence the delay in Silverado EV / GMC twins to get battery costs down to be competitive. Up until now, GM hasn’t been too concerned with Tesla as 76% of Tesla conquests come from Toyota/Honda/BMW. But this is different and the demand is real. Both GM and Ford are concerned.
I have really tried to like the Tesla brand I really want an electric car, however I hate the ergonomics of every Tesla I sat in, not to mention the homely designs. I guess there just not for me.
I think they are safe, no one that has any eyes or common sense would buy this monstrosity….
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